Learn How We Install Fiberglass Pools The River Pools Way

Our unique fiberglass pool installation methodology incorporates a series of ground-breaking best practices. If properly implemented, The River Pools Way Advanced Fiberglass Pool Installation eliminates the most common problems in fiberglass pool installations.

Avoiding 4 Common Fiberglass Pool Installation Problems and Other Installation Best Practices!

Advanced Fiberglass Pool Installation

Crushed/Chipped Stone Backfill Material

What is backfill material?

It is simply the material that we place under the pool and around the outside of the pool shell after it is set in the excavated hole.

The use of clean, crushed stone backfill is imperative to the long-term success of a fiberglass pool installation.

Sand is the traditional material used in the industry, and it works well in areas with pure sandy soils. But it doesn’t take a soil specialist to understand what happens to sand when it becomes saturated with water: it liquifies.

All Schedule 40 PVC Hard Pipe

When installing a pool, there are basically two types of plumbing pipe to choose from: hard pipe or flexible pipe.

Installing pools The River Pools Way, we only use hard pipe.

Because it does not flex and bend with the contours of the pool, it does require more effort to install. But because flexible pipe is actually not rated for underground use, we don’t feel it's worth the risk.